China News Service, Haikou, February 16 (Reporter Fu Yuqun) It is now the peak time for Hainan to return to the island. The reporter learned that relevant departments and units in Hainan are actively coordinating to increase transportation capacity, through emergency opening of airport dedicated lines, increasing the sale of island ferry tickets and other measures To cope with the peak return passenger flow.
In view of the tight air tickets out of the island, major airlines are actively increasing their transportation capacity through Haikou Meilan International Airport. Hainan Airlines introduced that during the peak return period from the fifth to the eighth day of the Lunar New Year, Hainan Airlines plans to arrange 110 outbound flights in Hainan every day, including 80 flights from Haikou.
In order to meet the needs of passengers flying from Sanya to Haikou, Hainan Automobile Group will urgently open a customized airport line from Sanya Haitang Bay to Sanya Phoenix International Airport, Qionghai Boao Airport, and Haikou Meilan International Airport from February 16, the seventh day of the Lunar New Year. Passengers can arrange return plans based on their travel needs.
In terms of transportation in the Qiongzhou Strait, during the first half of the Spring Festival Transport (from 0:00 on January 26 to 0:00 on February 15), Haikou ensured the passage of a total of 5,644 ro-ro passenger ships, more than 2.57 million cross-sea passengers, and 580,000 cross-sea vehicles. In the Qiongzhou Strait, the year-on-year growth rates were 12.41%, 27.11%, and 11.84% respectively, setting a new record high.
At present, the Qiongzhou Strait has entered the peak period for Spring Festival travel passengers leaving the island and returning. According to statistics, on February 14, a total of about 180,000 passengers and 38,000 vehicles passed through the Qiongzhou Strait, including about 108,900 passengers and 21,900 vehicles leaving the island.
According to the Pearl River Navigation Administration Bureau of the Ministry of Transport, in order to ensure the needs of passengers traveling across the sea, the Pearl River Navigation Administration, together with the Guangdong Provincial Department of Transportation and the Hainan Provincial Department of Transportation, implemented a fully reserved sea crossing system and specified 53 ships to be deployed on main, auxiliary routes and dedicated routes. Routes, Guangdong-Sea Railway Ferry operates 16-17 pairs of flights and Hainan Port and Shipping Holdings meet the demand for more than 280 voyages, fully equip crews and other transportation and transportation elements, organize and coordinate cross-strait management departments and port and shipping enterprises to allocate transportation capacity and increase transportation capacity .
According to the Haikou Municipal Transportation and Port and Navigation Administration Bureau on the 15th, in order to meet the demand for small cars to leave the island, Haikou New Seaport and Xiuying Port have sold additional tickets for leaving the island on the 16th and 18th. (over)